Uplink transmission power determining method and user equipment

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink transmission power determining method and a user equipment. A user equipment determines a transmission situation of at least one of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRS on another cell except a secondary cell in a subframe corresponding to a preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, so that the user equipment can determine an uplink transmission power of the user equipment according to the determined transmission situation, thereby solving a problem that it is not provided in the prior art that how a user equipment determines an uplink transmission power of the user equipment when random access is executed through a secondary cell.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.14/246,868, filed on Apr. 7, 2014, which is a continuation ofInternational Patent Application No. PCT/CN2012/081974, filed on Sep.26, 2012, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201110302787.3, filed on Oct. 9, 2011. The afore-mentioned patentapplications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present invention relate to communicationstechnologies, and in particular, to an uplink transmission powerdetermining method and a user equipment.

BACKGROUND

In a wireless communications system having a feature of cell aggregation(CA), a user equipment may communicate with a base station throughmultiple cells. Generally speaking, in the prior art, a user equipmentmay execute random access through a primary cell to achieve uplinksynchronization. However, transmission paths through which an uplinksignal of the user equipment is sent to the base station throughdifferent cells may be different, for example, an uplink signal sent bythe user equipment to the base station through some cells may need topass through a relay node, but an uplink signal sent to the base stationthrough other cells may not need to pass through a relay node, so thatthe user equipment cannot achieve uplink synchronization by executingrandom access only through a primary cell, and random access furtherneeds to be executed through a secondary cell to achieve uplinksynchronization.

However, it is not provided in the prior art that how a user equipmentdetermines an uplink transmission power of the user equipment whenrandom access is executed through a secondary cell.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink transmissionpower determining method and a user equipment, so as to enable a userequipment to determine an uplink transmission power of the userequipment when random access is executed through a secondary cell.

In one aspect, an uplink transmission power determining method isprovided, which includes:

determining, by a user equipment, a transmission situation of at leastone of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRS on another cell except a secondarycell in a subframe corresponding to a preamble to be transmitted on thesecondary cell; and

determining, by the user equipment, an uplink transmission power of theuser equipment according to the determined transmission situation.

In another aspect, a user equipment is provided, which includes:

a cell determining unit, configured to determine a transmissionsituation of at least one of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRS on anothercell except a secondary cell in a subframe corresponding to a preambleto be transmitted on the secondary cell; and

a power determining unit, configured to determine an uplink transmissionpower of the user equipment according to the determined transmissionsituation.

In can be seen from the foregoing technical solutions that, in theembodiments of the present invention, a user equipment determines atransmission situation of at least one of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRSon another cell except a secondary cell in a subframe corresponding to apreamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, so that the userequipment can determine an uplink transmission power of the userequipment according to the determined transmission situation, therebysolving a problem that it is not provided in the prior art that how auser equipment determines an uplink transmission power of the userequipment when random access is executed through a secondary cell.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention more clearly, the following briefly introduces theaccompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments.Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description showmerely some embodiments of the present invention, and persons ofordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from theseaccompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an uplink transmission powerdetermining method provided in an embodiment of the present invention;and

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment provided inanother embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of theembodiments of the present invention more comprehensible, the followingclearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of thepresent invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in theembodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the embodiments to bedescribed are merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of thepresent invention. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinaryskill in the art based on the embodiments of the present inventionwithout creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of thepresent invention.

The technical solutions of the present invention can be applied invarious wireless communications networks, such as: a global system formobile communications (GSM), a general packet radio service (GPRS)network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, a wideband codedivision multiple access (WCDMA) network, a time division-synchronouscode division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) network, a long term evolution(LTE) network or a long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) network, andsubsequent evolved networks. The terms “network” and “system” areinterchangeable.

A base station, for example, may be a base station (BTS) in a GSMnetwork, a GPRS network, or a CDMA network, or may be a base station(NodeB) in a WCDMA network, or may be an evolved Node B (eNB) eNB in anLTE network or an LTE-A network.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an uplink transmission powerdetermining method provided in an embodiment of the present invention,and as shown in FIG. 1, the uplink transmission power determining methodin this embodiment may include the following steps.

101: A user equipment determines a transmission situation of uplinktransmission on another cell except a secondary cell in a subframecorresponding to a preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell.

The transmission situation of the uplink transmission may include atransmission situation of at least one of: a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and asounding reference signal (SRS).

102: The user equipment determines an uplink transmission power of theuser equipment according to the determined transmission situation.

In an embodiment provided in the present invention, if the transmissionsituation determined by the user equipment is that no PUCCH, PUSCH, orSRS needs to be transmitted on another cell in the subframecorresponding to the preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell,the user equipment may determine a first transmission power of thepreamble according to a maximum allowable power of the secondary cell, atarget received power of the preamble, and a target path loss of thesecondary cell, where the first transmission power of the preamble maybe a smallest value between a sum of the target received power of thepreamble and the target path loss of the secondary cell and the maximumallowable power of the secondary cell, that is, the user equipment maydetermine the first transmission power of the preamble according toFormula (1):

P _(PRACH)(i)=min{P _(CMAX,c)(i), PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER+PL_(c)}   (1)

where i represents a subframe, that is, the subframe corresponding tothe preamble; c represents a cell; P_(PRACH)(i) represents the firsttransmission power of the preamble; P_(CMAX,c)(i) represents the maximumallowable power of the secondary cell, that is, the maximum allowablepower of the secondary cell in the subframe i;PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER represents the target received power ofthe preamble; and PL_(c) represents the target path loss of thesecondary cell.

In another embodiment provided in the present invention, if thetransmission situation determined by the user equipment is that at leastone of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRS needs to be transmitted on anothercell in a subframe except a first subframe among subframes correspondingto the preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, the userequipment may determine a second transmission power of the preambleaccording to Formula (1), where P_(PRACH)(i) represents the secondtransmission power of the preamble.

If that the user equipment determines that at least one of: a PUCCH, aPUSCH, and an SRS needs to be transmitted on another cell in a subframeexcept a first subframe among subframes corresponding to the preamble tobe transmitted on the secondary cell is that the PUCCH needs to betransmitted on the another cell in the subframe except the firstsubframe among the subframes corresponding to the preamble to betransmitted on the secondary cell, the user equipment may determine afirst transmission power of the PUCCH according to a transmission powerof the PUCCH obtained by the user equipment by performing uplink powercontrol, a maximum allowable power, and the second transmission power ofthe preamble, where the first transmission power of the PUCCH may be asmallest value among a difference between the maximum allowable powerand the second transmission power of the preamble and the transmissionpower of the PUCCH obtained by the user equipment by performing uplinkpower control, that is, the user equipment may determine the firsttransmission power of the PUCCH according to Formula (3):

P _(PUCCH)(i)=min{P _(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i), (P _(CMAX)(i)−P_(PRACH)(i))}  (3)

where P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the first transmission power of the PUCCH;P_(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i) represents the transmission power of the PUCCHobtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control;P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power, that is, a maximumallowable power of a subframe i; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents the secondtransmission power of the preamble.

If the user equipment determines that in addition to the PUCCH, thePUSCH needs to be transmitted on the another cell in the subframe exceptthe first subframe among the subframes corresponding to the preamble tobe transmitted on the secondary cell, the user equipment may determine atransmission power of the PUSCH, which may be marked as a firsttransmission power of the PUSCH, according to the maximum allowablepower, the first transmission power of the PUCCH, and the secondtransmission power of the preamble, where the first transmission powerof the PUSCH may be smaller than or equal to the maximum allowable powerminus the first transmission power of the PUCCH and the secondtransmission power of the preamble, that is, the user equipment maydetermine the first transmission power of the PUSCH according to Formula(4):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (4)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the first transmission power of the PUSCH, that is, a sum oftransmission powers of the PUSCH of all cells; P_(PUCCH)(i) representsthe first transmission power of the PUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i) represents themaximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents the secondtransmission power of the preamble. Or, the user equipment may determinea transmission power of the PUSCH, which may be marked as a secondtransmission power of the PUSCH, according to Formula (5) and Formula(6):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (5) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{{j\_}0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (6)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the second transmission power of the PUSCH, that is, a sum oftransmission powers of the PUSCH of cells except a cell bearing uplinksignaling; P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the first transmission power of thePUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power; P_(PRACH)(i)represents the second transmission power of the preamble; andP_(PUSCH,j) _(_) ₀(i) represents a transmission power that is of a PUSCHbearing the uplink signaling and is obtained by the user equipment byperforming uplink power control.

If that the user equipment determines that at least one of: a PUCCH, aPUSCH, and an SRS needs to be transmitted on another cell in a subframeexcept a first subframe among subframes corresponding to the preamble tobe transmitted on the secondary cell is that the PUSCH needs to betransmitted on the another cell in the subframe except the firstsubframe among the subframes corresponding to the preamble to betransmitted on the secondary cell, the user equipment may determine atransmission power of the PUSCH, which may be marked as a thirdtransmission power of the PUSCH, according to Formula (7):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (7)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the third transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents thesecond transmission power of the preamble. Or, the user equipment maydetermine a transmission power of the PUSCH, which may be marked as afourth transmission power of the PUSCH, according to Formula (8) andFormula (9):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (8) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{{j\_}0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (9)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the fourth transmission power of the PUSCH, that is, a sum oftransmission powers of the PUSCH of cells except a cell bearing uplinksignaling; P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power;P_(PRACH)(i) represents the second transmission power of the preamble;and P_(PUSCH,j) _(_) ₀(i) represents a transmission power that is of aPUSCH bearing the uplink signaling and is obtained by the user equipmentby performing uplink power control.

In another embodiment provided in the present invention, if thetransmission situation determined by the user equipment is that a PUCCHneeds to be transmitted on another cell in a first subframe amongsubframes corresponding to the preamble to be transmitted on thesecondary cell, the user equipment may determine a transmission power ofthe preamble, which may be marked as a third transmission power of thepreamble, according to Formula (1); and determine that a transmissionpower of the PUCCH is 0, which may be marked as a second transmissionpower of the PUCCH. Or, the user equipment may further determine that atransmission power of the PUCCH is a transmission power of the PUCCHobtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control, wherethe determined transmission power of the PUCCH may be marked as a thirdtransmission power of the PUCCH; and determine that a transmission powerof the preamble is 0, which may be marked as a fourth transmission powerof the preamble. Or, the user equipment may further determine atransmission power of the preamble, which may be marked as a fifthtransmission power of the preamble, according to Formula (1), whereP_(PRACH)(i) represents the fifth transmission power of the preamble;and determine a transmission power of the PUCCH, which may be marked asa fourth transmission power of the PUCCH, according to Formula (12):

P _(PUCCH)(i)=min{P _(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i), (P _(CMAX)(i)−P_(PRACH)(i))}  (12)

where P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the fourth transmission power of thePUCCH; P_(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i) represents the transmission power of thePUCCH obtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control;P_(CMAX)(i) represents a maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i)represents the fifth transmission power of the preamble. Or, the userequipment may further determine that a transmission power of the PUCCHis a transmission power of the PUCCH obtained by the user equipment byperforming uplink power control, where the determined transmission powerof the PUCCH may be marked as a fifth transmission power of the PUCCH;and determine a transmission power of the preamble, which may be markedas a sixth transmission power of the preamble, according to Formula(13):

P′ _(PRACH)(i)=min{P _(PRACH)(i), (P _(CMAX)(i)−P _(PUCCH)(i))}  (¹³)

where P′_(PRACH)(i) represents the sixth transmission power of thepreamble; P_(PRACH)(i) represents the third transmission power of thepreamble; P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the fifth transmission power of thePUCCH; and P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power.

If the user equipment determines that a PUSCH needs to be transmitted onanother cell in the first subframe among the subframes corresponding tothe preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell in addition to thata PUSCH needs to be transmitted on the another cell in the subframeexcept the first subframe among the subframes corresponding to thepreamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, the user equipment mayfurther determine that a transmission power of the PUSCH is 0, which maybe marked as a fifth transmission power of the PUSCH. Or, the userequipment may further determine that a transmission power of the PUSCHis a transmission power of the PUSCH obtained by the user equipment byperforming uplink power control, where the determined transmission powerof the PUSCH may be marked as a sixth transmission power the PUSCH. Or,the user equipment may further determine a transmission power of thePUSCH, which may be marked as a seventh transmission power of the PUSCH,according to Formula (14); or determine a transmission power of thePUSCH, which may be marked as an eighth transmission power of the PUSCH,according to Formula (15) and Formula (16):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (14)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the seventh transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(PUCCH)(i)represents the third transmission power of the PUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents thefifth transmission power of the preamble;

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (15) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{{j\_}0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (16)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the eighth transmission power of the PUSCH, that is, a sum oftransmission powers of the PUSCH of cells except a cell bearing uplinksignaling; P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the third transmission power of thePUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power; P_(PRACH)(i)represents the fifth transmission power of the preamble, and P_(PUSCH,j)_(_) ₀(i) represents a transmission power that is of a PUSCH bearing theuplink signaling and is obtained by the user equipment by performinguplink power control. Or, the user equipment may determine that atransmission power of the PUSCH is a transmission power of the PUSCHobtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control, wherethe determined transmission power of the PUSCH may be marked as a ninthtransmission power of the PUSCH; and determine a transmission power ofthe preamble, which may be marked as a seventh transmission power of thepreamble, according to Formula (17):

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{PRACH}^{\prime}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{PRACH}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}}} )} \}}} & (17)\end{matrix}$

where P′_(PRACH)(i) represents the seventh transmission power of thepreamble; P_(PRACH)(i) represents the third transmission power of thepreamble; w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0,1]; c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the ninth transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(PUCCH)(i)represents the fifth transmission power of the PUCCH; and P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power.

In another embodiment provided in the present invention, if thetransmission situation determined by the user equipment is that a PUSCHneeds to be transmitted on another cell in a first subframe amongsubframes corresponding to the preamble to be transmitted on thesecondary cell, the user equipment may further determine a transmissionpower of the preamble, which may be marked as an eighth transmissionpower of the preamble, according to Formula (1), where P_(PRACH)(i)represents the eighth transmission power of the preamble; and determinethat a transmission power of the PUSCH is 0, which may be marked as atenth transmission power of the PUSCH. Or, the user equipment mayfurther determine that a transmission power of the PUSCH is atransmission power of the PUSCH obtained by the user equipment byperforming uplink power control, where the determined transmission powerof the PUSCH may be marked as an eleventh transmission power of thePUSCH; and determine that a transmission power of the preamble is 0,which may be marked as a ninth transmission power of the preamble. Or,the user equipment may further determine a transmission power of thepreamble, which may be marked as a tenth transmission power of thepreamble, according to Formula (1), where P_(PRACH)(i) represents thetenth transmission power of the preamble; and determine a transmissionpower of the PUSCH, which may be marked as a twelfth transmission powerof the PUSCH, according to Formula (20), or determine a transmissionpower of the PUSCH, which may be marked as a thirteenth transmissionpower of the PUSCH, according to Formula (21) and Formula (22):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (20)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the twelfth transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents thetenth transmission power of the preamble; and

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (21) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{{j\_}0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (22)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the thirteenth transmission power of the PUSCH, that is, asum of transmission powers of the PUSCH of cells except a cell bearinguplink signaling; P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power;P_(PRACH)(i) represents the tenth transmission power of the preamble;and P_(PUSCH,j) _(_) ₀(i) represents a transmission power that is of aPUSCH bearing the uplink signaling and is obtained by the user equipmentby performing uplink power control. Or, the user equipment may furtherdetermine that a transmission power of the PUSCH is a transmission powerof the PUSCH obtained by the user equipment by performing uplink powercontrol, where the determined transmission power of the PUSCH may bemarked as a thirteenth transmission power of the PUSCH; and determine atransmission power of the preamble according to Formula (23), where thetransmission power may be marked as an eleventh transmission power ofthe preamble:

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{PRACH}^{\prime}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{PRACH}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}}} )} \}}} & (23)\end{matrix}$

where P′_(PRACH)(i) represents the eleventh transmission power of thepreamble;

$\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the eighth transmission power of the preamble; P_(PUSCH,C)(i)represents the thirteenth transmission power of the PUSCH; andP_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power.

In another embodiment provided in the present invention, if thetransmission situation determined by the user equipment is that an SRSneeds to be transmitted on another cell in the subframe corresponding tothe preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, and if atransmission power of the preamble is not 0, the user equipmentdetermines that a transmission power of the SRS is 0.

In this embodiment, a user equipment determines a transmission situationof at least one of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRS on another cell excepta secondary cell in a subframe corresponding to a preamble to betransmitted on the secondary cell, so that the user equipment candetermine an uplink transmission power of the user equipment accordingto the determined transmission situation, thereby solving a problem thatit is not provided in the prior art that how a user equipment determinesan uplink transmission power of the user equipment when random access isexecuted through a secondary cell.

It should be noted that, for the foregoing method embodiments, for apurpose of brevity of description, the methods are described as acombination of a series of actions, but persons skilled in the artshould know that, the present invention is not limited to a sequence ofthe actions, because some steps may be performed in another sequence orconcurrently according to the present invention. Next, persons skilledin the art should also know that, the embodiments described in thespecification are all exemplary embodiments, and the related actions andmodules are not necessarily required in the present invention.

In the foregoing embodiments, description for the embodiments has itsown emphasis, and for a part that is not described in detail in acertain embodiment, reference may be made to relevant description inother embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment provided inanother embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, theuser equipment in this embodiment may include a cell determining unit 21and a power determining unit 22. The cell determining unit 21 isconfigured to determine a transmission situation of uplink transmissionon another cell except a secondary cell in a subframe corresponding to apreamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell. The transmissionsituation of the uplink transmission may be a transmission situation ofat least one of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRS. The power determiningunit 22 is configured to determine an uplink transmission power of theuser equipment according to the determined transmission situation.

Functions of the user equipment in the embodiment corresponding to FIG.1 may be implemented by the user equipment provided in this embodiment.

In an embodiment of the present invention, if the transmission situationdetermined by the cell determining unit 21 is that no PUCCH, PUSCH, orSRS needs to be transmitted on another cell in the subframecorresponding to the preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell,the power determining unit 22 may determine a first transmission powerof the preamble according to Formula (1):

P _(PRACH)(i)=min{P _(CMAX,c)(i), PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWER+PL_(c)}   (1)

where i represents a subframe, that is, the subframe corresponding tothe preamble; c represents a cell; P_(PRACH)(i) represents the firsttransmission power of the preamble; P_(CMAX,c)(i) represents a maximumallowable power of the secondary cell; PREAMBLE_RECEIVED_TARGET_POWERrepresents a target received power of the preamble; and PL_(c)represents a target path loss of the secondary cell.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if the transmissionsituation determined by the cell determining unit 21 is that at leastone of: a PUCCH, a PUSCH, and an SRS needs to be transmitted on anothercell in a subframe except a first subframe among subframes correspondingto the preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, the powerdetermining unit 22 may specifically determine a second transmissionpower of the preamble according to Formula (1), where P_(PRACH)(i)represents the second transmission power of the preamble.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if the transmissionsituation determined by the cell determining unit 21 is that a PUCCHneeds to be transmitted on another cell in a subframe except a firstsubframe among subframes corresponding to the preamble to be transmittedon the secondary cell, the power determining unit 22 in this embodimentmay further determine a first transmission power of the PUCCH accordingto Formula (3):

P _(PUCCH)(i)=min{P _(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i), (P _(CMAX)(i)−P_(PRACH)(i))}  (3)

where P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the first transmission power of the PUCCH;P_(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i) represents a transmission power of the PUCCHobtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control;P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(l)represents the second transmission power of the preamble.

If the transmission situation determined by the cell determining unit 21further includes that a PUSCH needs to be transmitted on the anothercell in the subframe except the first subframe among the subframescorresponding to the preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell,the power determining unit 22 in this embodiment may further determine afirst transmission power of the PUSCH according to Formula (4):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (4)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the first transmission power of the PUSCH, that is, a sum oftransmission powers of the PUSCH of all cells; P_(PUCCH)(i) representsthe first transmission power of the PUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i) represents themaximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents the secondtransmission power of the preamble. Or, the power determining unit 22 inthis embodiment may further determine a second transmission power of thePUSCH according to Formula (5) and Formula (6):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (5) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{{j\_}0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (6)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the second transmission power of the PUSCH, that is, a sum oftransmission powers of the PUSCH of cells except a cell bearing uplinksignaling; P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the first transmission power of thePUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power; P_(PRACH)(i)represents the second transmission power of the preamble; andP_(PUSCH,j) _(_) ₀(i) represents a transmission power that is of a PUSCHbearing the uplink signaling and is obtained by the user equipment byperforming uplink power control.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if the transmissionsituation determined by the cell determining unit 21 is that a PUSCHneeds to be transmitted on another cell in a subframe except a firstsubframe among subframes corresponding to the preamble to be transmittedon the secondary cell, the power determining unit 22 in this embodimentmay further determine a third transmission power of the PUSCH accordingto Formula (7):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}\; {{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (7)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the third transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents thesecond transmission power of the preamble. Or, the power determiningunit 22 in this embodiment may further determine a fourth transmissionpower of the PUSCH according to Formula (8) and Formula (9):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (8) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{j\; \_ \; 0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (9)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the fourth transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; P_(PRACH)(i) represents thesecond transmission power of the preamble; and P_(PUSCH,j) _(_) ₀(i)represents a transmission power that is of a PUSCH bearing uplinksignaling and is obtained by the user equipment by performing uplinkpower control.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the transmissionsituation determined by the cell determining unit 21 in this embodimentis that a PUCCH needs to be transmitted on another cell in a firstsubframe among subframes corresponding to the preamble to be transmittedon the secondary cell, and the power determining unit 22 in thisembodiment may specifically determine a third transmission power of thepreamble according to Formula (1); and determine that a secondtransmission power of the PUCCH is 0, where P_(PRACH)(i) represents thethird transmission power of the preamble. Or, the power determining unit22 in this embodiment may specifically determine a third transmissionpower of the PUCCH, where the third transmission power is a transmissionpower of the PUCCH obtained by the user equipment by performing uplinkpower control; and determine that a fourth transmission power of thepreamble is 0. Or, the power determining unit 22 in this embodiment mayspecifically determine a fifth transmission power of the preambleaccording to Formula (1), where P_(PRACH)(i) represents the fifthtransmission power of the preamble; and determine a fourth transmissionpower of the PUCCH according to Formula (12):

P _(PUCCH)(i)=min{P _(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i), (P _(CMAX)(i)−P_(PRACH)(i))}  (12)

where P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the fourth transmission power of thePUCCH; P_(PUCCH) _(_) ₀(i) represents the transmission power of thePUCCH obtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control;P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i)represents the fifth transmission power of the preamble. Or, the powerdetermining unit 22 in this embodiment may specifically determine afifth transmission power of the PUCCH, where the fifth transmissionpower is a transmission power of the PUCCH obtained by the userequipment by performing uplink power control; and determine a sixthtransmission power of the preamble according to Formula (13):

P′ _(PRACH)(i)=min{P _(PRACH)(i), (P _(CMAX)(i)−P _(PUCCH)(i))}  (¹³)

where P′_(PRACH)(i) represents the sixth transmission power of thepreamble; P_(PRACH)(i) represents the third transmission power of thepreamble; P_(PUCCH)(i) represents the fifth transmission power of thePUCCH; and P_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if the transmissionsituation determined by the cell determining unit 21 in this embodimentmay further include that a PUSCH needs to be transmitted on another cellin a first subframe among subframes corresponding to the preamble to betransmitted on the secondary cell, the power determining unit 22 in thisembodiment may further determine that a fifth transmission power of thePUSCH is 0. Or, the power determining unit 22 in this embodiment mayfurther determine a sixth transmission power the PUSCH, where the sixthtransmission power is a transmission power of the PUSCH obtained by theuser equipment by performing uplink power control. Or, the powerdetermining unit 22 in this embodiment may further determine a seventhtransmission power of the PUSCH according to Formula (14), or determinean eighth transmission power of the PUSCH according to Formula (15) andFormula (16):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (14)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the seventh transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(PUCCH)(i)represents the third transmission power of the PUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents thefifth transmission power of the preamble;

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (15) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{j\; \_ \; 0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (16)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the eighth transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(PUCCH)(i)represents the third transmission power of the PUCCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; P_(PRACH)(i) represents thefifth transmission power of the preamble, and P_(PUSCH,j) _(_) ₀(i)represents a transmission power that is of a PUSCH bearing uplinksignaling and is obtained by the user equipment by performing uplinkpower control. Or, the power determining unit 22 in this embodiment mayspecifically determine a ninth transmission power of the PUCCH, wherethe ninth transmission power is a transmission power of the PUCCHobtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control; anddetermine a seventh transmission power of the preamble according toFormula (17):

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{PRACH}^{\prime}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{PRACH}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}(i)} - {\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}}} )} \}}} & (17)\end{matrix}$

where P′_(PRACH)(i) represents the seventh transmission power of thepreamble; P_(PRACH)(i) represents the third transmission power of thepreamble; w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0,1]; c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the ninth transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(PUCCH)(i)represents the fifth transmission power of the PUCCH; and P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if the transmissionsituation determined by the cell determining unit 21 is that a PUSCHneeds to be transmitted on another cell in a first subframe amongsubframes corresponding to the preamble to be transmitted on thesecondary cell, the power determining unit 22 in this embodiment mayspecifically determine an eighth transmission power of the preambleaccording to Formula (1), where P_(PRACH)(i) represents the eighthtransmission power of the preamble; and determine that a tenthtransmission power of the PUSCH is 0. Or, the power determining unit 22in this embodiment may specifically determine an eleventh transmissionpower of the PUSCH, where the eleventh transmission power is atransmission power of the PUSCH obtained by the user equipment byperforming uplink power control; and determine that a ninth transmissionpower of the preamble is 0. Or, the power determining unit 22 in thisembodiment may specifically determine a tenth transmission power of thepreamble according to Formula (1), where P_(PRACH)(i) represents thetenth transmission power of the preamble; and determine a twelfthtransmission power of the PUSCH according to Formula (20) or determine athirteenth transmission power of the PUSCH according to Formula (21) andFormula (22):

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},C}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (20)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the twelfth transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; and P_(PRACH)(i) represents thetenth transmission power of the preamble; and

$\begin{matrix}{{\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}} \leq ( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} & (21) \\{{P_{{PUSCH},j}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{{PUSCH},{j\; \_ \; 0}}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {P_{PRACH}(i)}} )} \}}} & (22)\end{matrix}$

where w(i) represents a weighting factor, and its value range is [0, 1];c represents a cell;

$\sum\limits_{c \neq j}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the thirteenth transmission power of the PUSCH; P_(CMAX)(i)represents the maximum allowable power; P_(PRACH)(i) represents thetenth transmission power of the preamble; and P_(PUSCH,j) _(_) ₀(i)represents a transmission power that is of a PUSCH bearing uplinksignaling and is obtained by the user equipment by performing uplinkpower control. Or, the power determining unit 22 in this embodiment mayspecifically determine a thirteenth transmission power of the PUSCH,where the thirteenth transmission power is a transmission power of thePUSCH obtained by the user equipment by performing uplink power control;and determine an eleventh transmission power of the preamble accordingto Formula (23):

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{PRACH}^{\prime}(i)} = {\min \{ {{P_{PRACH}(i)},( {{P_{CMAX}(i)} - {\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}}} )} \}}} & (23)\end{matrix}$

where P′_(PRACH)(i) represents the eleventh transmission power of thepreamble; P_(PRACH)(i) represents the eighth transmission power of thepreamble;

$\sum\limits_{c}{{w(i)} \cdot {P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)}}$

represents the thirteenth transmission power of the PUSCH; andP_(CMAX)(i) represents the maximum allowable power.

Optionally, the transmission situation determined by the celldetermining unit 21 in this embodiment further includes that an SRSneeds to be transmitted on another cell in the subframe corresponding tothe preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, and if atransmission power of the preamble is not 0, the power determining unit22 in this embodiment may further determine that a transmission power ofthe SRS is 0.

In this embodiment, a cell determining unit of a user equipmentdetermines a transmission situation of at least one of: a PUCCH, aPUSCH, and an SRS on another cell except a secondary cell in a subframecorresponding to a preamble to be transmitted on the secondary cell, sothat the power determining unit can determine an uplink transmissionpower of the user equipment according to the determined transmissionsituation, thereby solving a problem that it is not provided in theprior art that how a user equipment determines an uplink transmissionpower of the user equipment when random access is executed through asecondary cell.

It may be clearly understood by persons skilled in the art that, for thepurpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed workingprocess of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, reference may bemade to a corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein again.

In several embodiments provided in the present application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may beimplemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodimentdescribed in the foregoing is merely exemplary. For example, the unitdivision is merely logical function division and may be other divisionin actual implementation. For example, multiple units or components maybe combined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on multiplenetwork units. A part or all of the units may be selected according toan actual need to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the presentinvention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of theunits may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integratedinto one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in the form ofhardware, or may be implemented in the form of hardware plus a softwarefunctional unit.

The foregoing integrated unit implemented in the form of a softwarefunctional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Theforegoing software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, andincludes several instructions used to instruct a computer device (whichmay be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to performthe steps of the methods in the embodiments of the present invention.The foregoing storage medium includes: any medium that can store programcode, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-onlymemory (Read-Only Memory, ROM for short), a random access memory (RandomAccess Memory, RAM for short), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing the technical solutions of the present inventionrather than limiting the present invention. Although the presentinvention is described in detail with reference to the foregoingembodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand thatthey may still make modifications to the technical solutions describedin the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacements to sometechnical features thereof; however, these modifications or replacementsdo not make the essence of corresponding technical solutions depart fromthe spirit and scope of the technical solutions in the embodiments ofthe present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A communication method, comprising: transmitting,by a user equipment, a preamble random access channel (PRACH) in asecondary cell; and transmitting, by the user equipment, at least one ofphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink sharedchannel (PUSCH) in a cell rather that the secondary cell; wherein atotal transmission power of a transmission power of the PRACH and atransmission power of the at least one of PUCCH and PUSCH does notexceed a maximum allowable power.
 2. The method according to claim 1,wherein the transmission of PRACH is parallel with the transmission ofat least one of the PUCCH and the PUSCH.
 3. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the transmission power of the PRACH has a higherpriority than the transmission power of at least one of the PUCCH andthe PUSCH.
 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the transmissionpower of at least one of the PUCCH and the PUSCH is smaller than orequal to a limitation which is equal to a maximum allowable power minusthe transmission power of the PRACH.
 5. The method according to claim 1,wherein the transmission power of the PRACH is a minimum one between amaximum allowable power of the secondary cell and a sum power, whereinthe sum power is a sum of a target received power of the PRACH and atarget path loss of the secondary cell.
 6. A user equipment, comprising:a transmitter, configured to transmit a preamble random access channel(PRACH) in a secondary cell, and transmit at least one of physicaluplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel(PUSCH) in a cell rather that the secondary cell; and a processor,configured to control a transmitter to transmit the PRACH and at leastone of the PUCCH and the PUSCH; wherein a total transmission power of atransmission power of the PRACH and a transmission power of the at leastone of PUCCH and PUSCH does not exceed a maximum allowable power.
 7. Theuser equipment according to claim 6, wherein the transmitter isconfigured to transmit the PRACH in parallel with at least one of thePUCCH and the PUSCH.
 8. The user equipment according to claim 6, whereinthe processor is further configured to determine the transmission powerof the PRACH has a higher priority than the transmission power of atleast one of the PUCCH and the PUSCH.
 9. The user equipment according toclaim 8, wherein the transmission power of at least one of the PUCCH andthe PUSCH is smaller than or equal to a limitation which is equal to amaximum allowable power minus the transmission power of the PRACH. 10.The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the transmission powerof the PRACH is a minimum one between a maximum allowable power of thesecondary cell and a sum power, wherein the sum power is a sum of atarget received power of the PRACH and a target path loss of thesecondary cell.
 11. A readable storage medium storing program codethereon, the program code comprising instructions for: transmitting apreamble random access channel (PRACH) in a secondary cell; andtransmitting at least one of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) anda physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a cell rather that thesecondary cell; wherein a total transmission power of a transmissionpower of the PRACH and a transmission power of the at least one of PUCCHand PUSCH does not exceed a maximum allowable power.
 12. The readablestorage medium according to claim 11, wherein the transmission of PRACHis parallel with the transmission of at least one of the PUCCH and thePUSCH.
 13. The readable storage medium according to claim 11, whereinthe transmission power of the PRACH has a higher priority than thetransmission power of at least one of the PUCCH and the PUSCH.
 14. Thereadable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the transmissionpower of at least one of the PUCCH and the PUSCH is smaller than orequal to a limitation which is equal to a maximum allowable power minusthe transmission power of the PRACH.
 15. The readable storage mediumaccording to claim 11, wherein the transmission power of the PRACH is aminimum one between a maximum allowable power of the secondary cell anda sum power, wherein the sum power is a sum of a target received powerof the PRACH and a target path loss of the secondary cell.